EPA Cites Facilities for Alleged Storm Water Violations of Clean Water Act

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued Administrative Orders (AOs) against three entities in North Carolina and Tennessee during the last quarter of 2010 for violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA).

The entities were cited for alleged storm water-related violations of the CWA. The entities cited and their associated violations include:

• YDV Inc. for violations at the Compass Pointe Phases 2, 3 and 11 sites in Leland, N.C.; • Marion Retail Investments LLC for violations at its Grandview Station construction site in Marion, N.C.; and • Shelby County Schools, for violations at the Shelby County Administration Building in Arlington, Tenn.

EPA issued AOs requiring the violators to conduct a variety of remediation activities, including revising and implementing their Construction Pollution Prevention Plans and Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans; installing and maintaining best management practices; conducting adequate self-inspections; ceasing sediment discharges; and addressing areas where sediment had been discharged.

Source: U.S. EPA